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Top News: North Sinai Residents Near Rafah Border Begin Evacuation

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Jan 14, 2026

Voices from Iran: As rejection of government reaches all-time high, Iranians also wary of foreign intervention

If Trump is serious about peace, stability, and a lasting legacy, the path forward does not run through air strikes or transactional deals with a failing theocracy.

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Top News: North Sinai Residents Near Rafah Border Begin Evacuation

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Jan 13, 2026

Eight questions (and expert answers) on the SDF’s withdrawal from Syria’s Aleppo

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Our experts unpack why violence erupted, what it means for Kurdish safety and integration in Syria, and how Washington is engaging.

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Top News: North Sinai Residents Near Rafah Border Begin Evacuation

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Jan 12, 2026

The Venezuela-Iran connection and what Maduro’s capture means for Tehran, explained 

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Our experts break down Iran’s ties to Venezuela and the impact Maduro’s capture could have on Tehran’s interests in and outside of its own borders. 

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Oct 29, 2014

Top News: North Sinai Residents Near Rafah Border Begin Evacuation

By EgyptSource

North Sinai residents near the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip are being evacuated, as Egypt’s army steps up its campaign in the area against militants, Al-Ahram’s Arabic news website reported on Tuesday.

MENASource

Oct 29, 2014

Top News: Libya Near ‘Point of No Return,’ Says UN

By MENASource

Factional warfare in Libya is pushing the oil producing North African country “very close to the point of no return,” UN Special Representative Bernardino Leon said, as efforts to bring about a ceasefire and political dialogue have yielded no results.

MENASource

Oct 29, 2014

EconSource: Fitch Ratings Confirm Morocco’s Investment Grade with Stable Outlook

By EconSource

According to the Moroccan economy and finance ministry, foreign currency debt and local currency debt are rated respectively ‘BBB-’ and ‘BBB’. These Fitch ratings reflect the country’s macroeconomic stability in an unstable international and regional environment and the resilience of its GDP growth, despite a drop in the foreign demand from Europe, Morocco’s top economic partner. […]

MENASource

Oct 29, 2014

Tunisia’s Long Road Ahead

By Karim Mezran and Lara Talverdian

When it comes to the narrative of Arab democracies, Sunday, October 26 marked a historic day. Tunisia, the country that sparked the so-called Arab Spring, held its first elections under a post-revolution constitution.

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 28, 2014

Hariri Center Experts React to Tunisia’s Elections

By MENASource

Tunisia marked the begining of its final chapter by holding its first legislative elections under its new constitution on October 26. Despite concerns over insecurity and political apathy after a tumultuous three and a half year transition, initial figures regarding voter turnout suggest a high degree of Tunisian engagement with the process, surprising most analysts.

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 28, 2014

Where Is Egypt’s Maspero Youth Union Now?

By Jayson Casper

Twenty-three Egyptian liberal activists were sentenced to three years in prison for demonstrating against the protest law on Sunday. Amid the ongoing clampdown on dissent, the common observer can sigh, but be forgiven for asking: Whatever happened to those Coptic youth activists?

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 28, 2014

Top News: EU Observers Call Tunisia Vote “Transparent and Credible”

By MENASource

Annemie Neyts-Uytterbroeck, head of the European Union observer mission in Tunisia, called the country’s elections “transparent and credible.”

MENASource

Oct 28, 2014

Top News: Expelled Students Cannot Enroll in Private Schools, Subjected to Military Trials

By EgyptSource

Students suspended from government universities will not be permitted to enroll in private universities, Cairo University President Gaber Nassar told the privately owned news outlet Youm7 following a meeting with the High Council of Universities on Monday.

MENASource

Oct 28, 2014

General Allen on Building a Syrian Force

By Frederic C. Hof

Special Presidential Envoy General John Allen did his best in an Asharq Al-Awsat interview to square the circle of an unsustainable Syria policy in the war against the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS, ISIL, or the Islamic State).

Syria

MENASource

Oct 28, 2014

EconSource: US Signals it Might Back Egypt Bailout

By EconSource

US Treasury Secretary Lew indicated that Washington will go ahead with international emergency loans for Egypt if Cairo pushes further to repair the country’s economy. The United States has long viewed Egypt, the Arab world’s most populous country, as a linchpin for regional stability. Bailout talks between Egypt and the International Monetary Fund have been […]

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